Husking-pin



(N0 MOdeL) I H- H. PERKINS,

HUSKING PIN. No. 880,516. Patented Apr. 3, 1888.

UNITED STATES HAZEN H. PERKINS, or KEVVANEE, ILLINOIS.

HUSKlNG-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 380,516, dated April 3, 1888.

Application filed February 8, 1887. Serial No. 226,925. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, HAZEN H. Pnnnnvs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kewanee, in the county of Henry and State of Illinois, havcinvented certain new and useful Improvements in flushing-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to corn-bushing pins; and it consists in features of construction and combinations hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective showing the complete device; Fig. 2,asectional elevation of the bushing-pin, lengthwise of the pin, and an elevation of the strap; Fig. 3, an enlarged sectional elevation of the larger end of the pin; Fig. 4., a transverse sectional clevation of the bushing pin and strap in line a: a: in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings by letter, the same letter indicating the same part in the different figures, A represents the pin, formed, preferably, of steel, but it may be of any other suitable or preferred material, and has through it two transverse holes, a. a. One end, A, of the pin A is pointed in an ordinary manner, and the other end, A, is contracted or reduced in size, and is screwthreaded, as shown. A bindingsleeve, B, fits over the larger end of the pin, and has a hole, b, corresponding to or approximately coincident with the hole a in the huskingpin. A screw-threaded nut or sleeve, 0, is fitted on the contracted end A of the pin, and is provided with a beveled for ward end, which fits into or against a similarly but oppositely shaped end of the sleeve B. The pin A also has fixed thereto a loop, D, nearer the hole a than the hole a, as shown.

E is the strap, one end of which is passed through the hole a and doubled back upon itself to secure it in said hole in an ordinary manner. The strap is then passed through the loop D, and then through the holes 12 and a,

respectively, in the sleeve 13 and pin A, as shown. By turning the nut O the bindingsleeve 13 will be forced forward to bring the holes I) and a out of line, and thereby clamp and firmly hold the end 6 of the strap E.

The strap E- moves freely and easily through the loop D, and hence can adjust itself properlyon the fingers of the hand of the operator, as indicated by dotted lines at Fig. 2, and when so adjusted its end 6 can be taken hold of to draw it into proper position, and then it may be fixed by turning the nut O, as hereinbefore described. This freedom of movement of the strap in the loop D will also cause the strap to fit and adjust itself to the fingers of the operator in varyi ngconditions, as will occur in the operation of bushing, and thus greatly reduce the fatigue of the fingers of the person using this pin in bushing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a huskingpin, in combination, a pin, A, having holes (L a, loop D, and contracted screw-threaded end portion, A, with a binding-sleeve, B, having the holes 7), corresponding with the hole a in pin A, not C, and strap E, one end of which is secured in the hole a, and which passes loosely through the loop D and through the coincident holes in the bindingsleeve and the husking-pin, substan tially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a hushing-pin, in combination, a pin having holes a a, loop D, and screw-threaded end A, strap E, binding-sleeve 13, having the holes 1), corresponding with the hole a. in pin A, and nut O, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HAZEN H. PERKINS.

\Vitnesses:

LEVI NORTH, O. G. Witsou. 

